Park Chanwook Unveils New Short Film LIFE IS BUT A DREAM

Life Is But a Dream (2022)While the world awaits Park Chanwook’s highly anticipated forthcoming feature Decision to Leave, the master Korean filmmaker has returned with a new short film. Life Is But a Dream reunites him with his Thirst (2009) star Kim Okvin an...

PARK Chan-wook’s DECISION TO LEAVE Begins Shoot This Month

TANG Wei and PARK Hae-il Headline Latest from Korean Maestro Following his recent John LE CARRE adaptation The Little Drummer Girl for the BBC, master Korean filmmaker PARK Chan-wook is about to return to set for a new Korean project. Decision to Leave, which...

PARK Chan-wook Won an Honorary Award in Oslo

Renowned director PARK Chan-wook has been honored with the Silver Mirror, an honorary award, at this year’s Films from the South Festival in Oslo, Norway. The Korean cineaste was the main guest at the 29th edition of the festival, which focuses on works from A...

KIM Hwan-hee and Pop Star SUHO Set to Star in Adaptation of Popular Webtoon

Indie Director LEE Kyung-sub to Helm FEMALE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT A Suho of Kpop group EXO will star alongside young actress KIM Hwan-hee of The Wailing in the upcoming webtoon adaptation Female Middle School Student A (translated title). The original webtoon ...

Bring out Your GIGAntic Imagination: 5th Olleh International Smartphone Film Festival Showcase

Festival Newly Launches Feature Section Actress BAE Doo-na joins Jury       Esteemed Korean filmmaker PARK Chan-wook, PARK Chan-kyong ’s Berlin-winning short film Night Fishing was shot on a smartphone in 2011, three years after Spike Lee predic...

NA Young-kil’s HOSANNA Wins Golden Bear for Short Film

Among a host of quality international contenders, NA Young-kil’s film Hosanna picked up the Golden Bear for Short film at Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday night. It was the second time a Korean film won the award in the last five years, following...

HOSANNA to Compete in Berlinale Shorts

NA Yong-kil’s Short Debuted in Jeonju The Berlin International Film Festival announced its competitive shorts program yesterday, which will comprise 27 films from 18 countries. Among those selected for this year’s 65th edition is NA Young-kil’s Hosanna. NA’s...

Director PARK Chan-wook’s Second Hollywood Film Confirmed

Second Born in Pre-production Stage A film was confirmed as Director PARK Chan-wook’s second Hollywood film after his Hollywood debut work Stoker.The new film is Second Born. The sci-fi thriller will explore a black market where human bodies are swapped in a f...

PARK Chan-kyong’s MANSHIN to Open DMZ Docs

Documentary Festival to Take Place October 17-23   The DMZ Korean International Documentary Film Festival is staging its fifth edition next month, the first that will take place in its new permanent hub of Goyang, a suburb of Seoul. This year’s opening fi...

PARKing CHANce Seek Help on New Film About Seoul

Brothers PARK Chan-wook and PARK Chan-kyong Begin SEOUL, OUR MOVIE In between his gothic opuses Thirst (2009) and Stoker, acclaimed director PARK Chan-wook made a more intimate short film with his brother, visual artist PARK Chan-kyong, called Night Fishing. ...